Incandescent gas-burner.



PATBNTED JAN. l0, 1905.

L. R. HOPTON. INANDESGENT GAS BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. l, 1904.

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INGANDESGENT GAS BURNER.

APPLICATION .FILED AUG. 1, 1904.

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UNTTED STATES Patented January 10, 1905.

PATENT OEETCE.

LEMUEL ROBERT HOPTON, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE ENOS COMPANY, OF NEINT YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION NEr YORK.

INCANDESCENT GAS-BURNER.

SPECLFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,543, dated January 10, 1905. Application filed August l, 1904. Serial No. 218,979.

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Be it known that I, LuMUnL ROBERT Hor- 'roN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Plainfield, in the county of Union, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Incandescent Gas- Burners, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in incandescent gas-burners, and particularly to the type of burner set forth in my former patent, No. 747,550. This is sometimes called a candle-burner from the fact that parts of it are designed to imitate the appearance of a candle. It is used particularly with smallsized mantles and has a casing or tube resembling a candle immediately7 below the mantle and the shade.

It is the object of this particular invention to improve the construction set forth Iin my prior patent so that the parts may be more economically constructed and assembled, so that the proportions of gas and air may be more readily regulated, and so that the parts will adapt themselves more readily to artistic treatment and arrangement.

The invention consists in improvements the principles of which are illustrated in the accompanying two sheets of drawings. y

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a burner and shade, all embodying the improvements of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, but with the burner-tube in side elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the shade-'support. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the platform which immediately supports the candle member or casing.

1 indicates the end of a gas-pipe, arm, bracket, fixture, or chandelier which provides a conduit for the supply of gas.

2 is a separate member preferably screwed into the end of the gas-pipe 1 and which may be termed the inlet member, since itis provided with a regulating-cap 3 for the admission of the gas and with air-inlets 4 adjacent thereto. v

5 is a tube of some little length which serves as a mixing-chamber for the gas 'and air.

6 is a burnerhead which is preferably lation of a candle.

screwed onto the upper end of the burnertube 5.

7 is aperforated cap through which the inflammable mixture passes to the llame.

8 indicates a suitable mantle to be mounted above the cap for the purpose of. incandescence.

9 is a pan which is mounted beneath the inlet member and serves to surround the same on the side for the purpose of concealment. This protects the inlet member from accident or tampering, but does not, however, interfere with the access to the regulator 3 when necessary.

10 is a cup-like member which is mounted above the inlet member and surrounds a portion of the burner-tube 5.

11 is a casing or candle member formed, preferably, of porcelain or glass for the simu- This is supported by the cup member 10 indirectly by means of the platform 12, which serves to position the lower end of the casing.

13 is a bobasche-ring which surrounds the candle member or casing 11 and is supported indirectly by the cup 10.

14 is a shoulder formed in the side of the burner-head 6.

15 is a ring which is pressed down to hold the casing 11 securely in place by means of the shoulder 14 of the head when this is screwed down onto the burner-tube 5. This prevents the candle member or casing from accidental displacement.

16 is a shade or globe holder.

17 is a globe supported in a suitable manner by a holder 16.

18 is a recessed portion of the shade-holder, which is of suflicient size to center the ring 15 and conceal the same. l

19 is an upwardly-extending collar or flange which surrounds the upper end of the burnerhead 6. This is preferably of such a diameter as to be supported by the upper edge of the shoulder 14.

The pan 9, cap 10, bobasche 13, casing 11, holder 16, and globe 17 are all so formed and arranged that they may be ornamented in any artistic manner desired and serve to conceal the parts of the burner which perform the actual functions of gas and air conduits. rlhe candle member'or casing may be readily removed by simply taking olf the shade-support and unscrewing 'the burner-head. rlhe construction is therefore one which may be readily assembled or taken apart and which, besides acting' efliciently as a burner from the economical standpoint, also may be of artistic design.

lV hat claim isf l. In an incandescent gas-burner, the combination of a burner-tube with means for the admission of gas and air at the lower end thereof, a flaring pan member mounted below the air-inlet, a cup member mounted above the air-inlet, a removable tubular candle member or casing supported inside said cup member and surrounding a part of and spaced apart from said burner-tube.

2. An incandescent gas-burner including' a burner-tube having gas and. air inlets near the base thereof and a mixing-chamber above, a supporting-platform centered by said tube and mounted above said air-inlet and a casing supported by said platform and surrounding' a portion of said burner-tube and a pan member extending upward around the sides of the air-inlet but permitting access thereto.

3. An incandescent gas-burner comprising, the combination of an inlet member having means for the admission of gas and air, a

- burner-tube forming the mixing-chamber, a

burner-head, a supporting-platform, a casing supported by said platform and surrounding part of said tube and a ring for holding' said casing in place, said ring being' secured by said burner-head.

4. An incandescent gas-burner comprising the combination of a burner-tube having' gas and air inlets at the lower end thereof, an upwardly-extending and outwardly-Haring pan surrounding said air-inlet but without preventing' access thereto, a candle member or casing surrounding a portion of said tube, means for supporting and centering the same and a shade holder or support at the upper end thereof.

5. An incandescent gas-burner comprising the combination of an inlet member having means for the admission of gas and air, a burner-tube, a cup member supported above said inlet member and surrounding a portion of said tube, a candle member or casing surrounding a portion of said tube and means for centering and holding said casing in place at the top. v

6. An incandescent gas-burner comprising the combination of a burner-tube having' air and gas inlets, a fiaring pan member, a cup member, a tubular candle member, a bobaschering support above said cup member and surrounding' the base of said candle member and a globe-support, all separably secured together.

7. An incandescent gas-burner comprising the combination of a burner -tube having means for the admission of gas and air, a cup member, a tubular candle member supported inside said cup member and surrounding a part of but spaced apart from the burnertube, a ring cooperating with said candle member and screw-threaded means for clamping said ring to hold said candle member in position.

8. In an incandescent gas-burner the combination of a burner-tube having' means for the admission of gas and air; a platform centered and supported about said tube, a candle member supported on said platform, a clamping-ring and an adjustable screw-threaded means on said burnertube for cooperating therewith.

9. In an incandescent gas-burner the combination of a burner-tube with means for the admission of gas and air, a platform, a tubular candle member supported thereby, and a removable globe-support supported by said burner-tube and having' a recess housing the upper end of said candle member.

Signed at New York, N. Y., this 29th day of July, 1904.

LEMUEL ROBERT HOPTON. lVitnesses:

JOHN H. FARADAY, CHAs. ElRvroH. 

